If you were to learn how to paint where would you start? Maybe you’d go to YouTube and watch some introductory videos, buy some cheap art supplies, and spend an afternoon giving it a shot. The results? A contact high from the paint and a lingering belief that you’re just not talented enough. So, you quit. Fortunately, today’s guest has found a better way. Kevin Murphy is a renowned illustrator, portrait artist, and founder of Evolve Artist, an online painting program studied around the world. In our conversation, Kevin shares the philosophy that drives not only his school, but also his life. He shares his journey into art and art education, what he learned about building businesses through the dismantling of a business, how expectations can trip us up and distract us from our work, the power of first impressions, and why his ideas won’t die with him.

• Evolve Artist
• Bridges to Babylon by the Rolling Stones
• The Go-Giver: A Little Story About a Powerful Business Idea by Bob Burg & John David Mann
• Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash